Configuration of Guest Services with Traffic Quota in SonicOS (5.9 & above) and (6.2 & above)
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Description
Guest accounts are temporary accounts set up for users to log into your network. You can create these accounts manually as needed or generate them in batches. SonicOS includes profiles you can configure in advance to automate configuring guest accounts when you generate them. Guest accounts are typically limited to a predetermined life-span. After their life span, by default, the accounts are removed
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Guest Services Traffic Quota:
Traffic Quota is a ideal feature for customers that require a management mechanism which allows administrative control over the amount of data that guest users can upload or download.
Two options are available per guest account:
Receive Limit -> Download limit of the user
Transmit Limit -> Upload limit of the User
Disables the control : Unlimited / 0
Input range: 0 ~ 1024 MB
Step 1: Enable Guest Service in LAN / DMZ / WLAN zone
Login to your SonicWall Management page
1) Navigate to Network | Zone page; configure your LAN / DMZ / WLAN zone (to which you would like to apply Guest Services).
2) Go to Guest Services tab, select Enable Guest service check box.
3) Click OK button to accept the change.
Step 2: Created New Guest Service Profile or Edit Default Guest Profile with Quota
Login to your SonicWall Management page
Navigate to Users | Guest Services, on the right side click Add button under Guest Profiles to create new profile
- Profile Name: New Guest (Type any friendly name which you would like to use).
- You can select Account Lifetime, Session Lifetime & Idle Timeout as per your requirement.
- Receive limit (0 to disable): 50 MB (Type the value (0~1024) which you would like to give for Guest users).
- Transmit limit (0 to disable): 50 MB (Type the value (0~1024) which you would like to give for Guest users).
- Click OK button to create new profile with above information.
A new Guest Profile is created with the custom settings (as per your requirement) under Guest Services as below
Step 3: Create Guest Accounts with Guest Profile
Login to your SonicWall Management page
Navigate to Users | Guest Accounts, on the right side click Add Guest button under Guest Accounts to create new Guest User.
- Profile: New Guest (Select Guest Profile wish you created).
- Name: test (Type any friendly name which you would like to user or you can generate random name by clicking Generate).
- Password: test123 (Type any password which you would like to user or you can generate name by clicking Generate).
- Confirm Password: test123 (Type same password).
- Click OK button to create new Guest Account with above information.
A new Guest Account is created with the Guest Profile (as per your requirement) under Guest Accounts as below
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